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About the Show

How do you play dreidel and why? Join Ziva the cat as she goes back to the time of the first Hanukkah to recover the missing letters on her dreidel! You’ll meet Judah Meowcabee, Oliver the olive oil maker, and a cast of other wonderful cat characters who help Ziva solve the mysterious connection between the dreidel letters, the Hanukkah story, and the way the game of dreidel is played. Audience members will have a chance to get up and dance, sing, and act out parts of the story in this musical, interactive journey through time.

Length: 40 minutes
All ages welcome, recommended for ages 2+
Hand puppets
From Western Mass!

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About the Artist

Anna Sobel has been a professional puppeteer since 1998. She first trained and worked as a puppeteer for Kids on the Block while at Wesleyan University, and went on to perform with the educational company Blue Sky Puppet Theater (University Park, Maryland). In 2003 she was the recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to study puppetry in India as a tool for social change and education. She spent nine months in India and founded Talking Hands Theatre on her return to New York in 2004. Anna holds a master’s degree in educational theater and is also an award-winning teaching artist. Since 2010, she has operated her one-woman company out of Shutesbury, MA, bringing educational shows — and smiles!— to all of New England!